Ingot-delivery cab



A.SODERSTROM.

IYNGOT DELIVERY CAR.

APPLICATION FILED MM!- 6. I915.

Patented Aug. 22, 1916.

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lNGOT DELIVERY CAR.

APPLICATION EILED MAN. 6. 1915 1,1 95,522. PatentedAug. 22,1916.

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lNGOT DELIVERY CAR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 6. 1915.

1,195,522. Patentedkug. 22,1916.

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pflTliE ssEs v INVENTOR v *MW m 4 m An arm 42 on the side of the car provides a trolley pole for supplying current to the motors 34 on the movable car 5 from a stationary feed wire or series of feed wires. (See Fig. 3.)

In the operation of my improved apparatus, the apparatus being assembled as shown and as has been described, an ingot 3 is transferred by the ingot handling mech anism from one of the pit furnaces T and is deposited in the tilting holder 13 so as to stand on end therein, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3.

The axial center of the pivot shaft 11 on which the tilting holder 13 turns, is outside the center of gravity of the tilting holder 13 and an ingot 3 therein, so there is little or no tendency of the ingots 3 to upset or turn while the car 5 is being trans ferred along the track formed by the rails 4, 4. After an ingot has been placed in the holder 13, current is supplied to the motors 34 and the car 5 travels on the track rails 4, 4, until in the position, opposite the feed. rollers 2 of the feed table, shown in the drawings. As the ingot delivery car 5 approaches this position, when the car is traveling in the direction of the arrow of Fig. 1,

the anti-fricti0n roller 22 on the arm 23 of the tilting holder 13 w'll engage with the cam surface 27 at the left in Fig. 1. Upon continuing the movement of the car on the track rails 4, 4, the upwardly curved cam surface 27, by engagement with the antifriction roller on the arm 23, will gradually tilt the holder 13 and the ingot. 3 standing on end therein. As the holder 13 is grad ually tilted by continued movement of the car 5 on the track, the anti-friction roller 22 on the arm 21 will engage with the curved cam surface 28 on the opposite side of the track 4, and will prevent the weight of the tilted ingot 3 and ingot holder 13. from. acting to upset the tilting holder. As the retarding cam surface engages with the anti-friction roller 22 on the arm 21 very soon after the curved cam surface 27 begins to act on the arm 23 to tilt the ingot holder 13, the tilting movement of the holder is at all limes po--ilivcly conlrolli-l. unlil lllc tilting holder is turned into tilled position opposite the end of the feed l'ollcr table formed by the rollers 2 shown in Fig. l. The resl raining cam surl'ai-os go or 27 will still be-in engagement with the roller 22 on the arm 23 when the roller 22 on the arm 20 or 21 engages with the restraining cam surfaces 28 or 29 on the opposite side of the feed roller table.

When the tilting holder 13 has been turned into the position shown in full lines in the drawings. the ingot 3 will rest on the end rollers 2 of the roller feed table. and will be entirely clear of the tilting hold: The rollers 2 are then actuated and caaw the ingot to travel lengthwise until its bottom end is clear of the tilting holder.

The ingot delivery car 5 is then moved on the track rails 4, 4. and when moved, the restraining cam surface 28 or 29, depending upon the direction in which the car is moved, will lift the tilting holder 13 until the antifriction roller on the arm on the opposite sideof the holder is in engagement with one or the other of the lifting cam faces 26 and 27. When the car is moved suliiciently to cause the anti-friction rollers to be clear of the can! faces, the ingot holder 13 will be turned into ingot receiving positi on. The car then taken to the point at which another ingot to he rrazeivcd, and after another il'igot has been placed in the tilting holder the operations which have been described are repeated.

ll'hcn. as ofttini s will be the case, it is desired to deliver an ingot from a receiving position on one side of the tilting cam faces 26, 27, 28, 2!), into position to be tilted at a point on the opposite side of these cam faces, the operator will move the hand levers 33 to lift the pivoted switches 3G and 31 before the ingot delivery car reaches the point at which the anti-friction rollers 22 en age these cam surfaces.

lVhen the switches 30, 31, are in raised position the anti-friction rollers 22 will pass beneath the friction surfaces 26 and 27 through the gap formed by raising the switches and the ingot delivery car 5 will pass the ingot delivery table formed by the feed rollers 2 without tilting the ingot holder 13, and an ingot 3 contained in the holder. in this way the car 5 with the ingot carried thereon is delivered to a point on the opposite side of the tilting mechanism shown from. a. point on the opposite side of the tilting mechanism.

At the desired point on the track 4 at which the ingot is to he tilted, a duplicate of the tilting: mechanism shown will be located. and the tilting operation will be carried out at such point in the same manner as has been described.

The advantages of my invention will be appre iated by those skilled in the art.

3y moans of my improved apparatus an ingot \lcliunv car is provided in which the ingots arc delivered from a substantially upright position into a substantially horizontal position. transversely of the track on which the ingot delivery car is mounted.

lly the use of my improved tilting mechanism. the tillin; holder of the ingot delivery car is under control at all angular positions assumed by it in turning: the ingot from a verti al in a horizontal position.

. The provision of the switches on the turnin;: uuhanisni for the tilting ingot. holder 1 and hv employing: tillnu-rhani.-m a single ingot delivery ear may he used to deliver ingots toearh of a series of ingot disehargmg positions.

Modilirations in the construction and arrangement ot' the llllllri forming my improved apparatus may he made without departing l'rom my invention as defined in the appended rlaims.

l. The eomlanation with a track, an in- ;gjot heating l'urnare and a feed tahle alongd: said tiu-utlnot'a tilting ingot delivery ear traveling upon the {rat-h between the heating inrnare and feed tahle, said ear having a transversely tilting;- ingot holder arranged to support the ingots in lengthwise vertical position, and adapted to tilt sidewise in iraust'erring the ingots to the hard table, and means to: tiltii the holder to transfer th iuggxits to th tee: iali o.

ii jlll oliil il'lalil-n Willi :1 got heating l'urnarion iii-ark. a teed talile on the opposite side of said traelg ot' a tilt ng Iiilgjot delivery ear traveling! upon the 'rael; between said fornare and feed talihx said car tuning a tranaverwrl v tilting ingot holder arranged to support the ingots in lengthwise vertr eal position and adapted to tilt sidewise in trl-inslerringr the ingots to the teed table, and means for tiltin; the holder to transfer the ingots to the feed tahle.

ii. The eoinli-ination with a traeli. and a plurality of ingot heating furnaces and leed tal les alongside uaid t aelt, ot' a tilting ingot delivery ear traveling upon the track hetween the heating furnaces and feed ta lllthl; said an" having a transversely tilting ingot holder arranged to support the ingots in lengthwise vertieal position and adapted to tilt sidewise in tran.-;t'errin,e the ingots to the feed table, and means for selectively tilting: the ingot holder to transfe ingots from the delivery ear to any of the feed tables.

l. The eoinhination with a t-lllt'h', and a plurality of ingot heating l'urnares and l eed laliles alongside said traeh, of a tilting ingot delivery var tl:i\\lil;{j upon th track lieiween the heating t'urnares and feed ta l)lt'. said ear lnivinp a transversely tilting ingot holder mounted thereon and arranged to tilt sidewise to transfer an ingot to the feed table, and means at earh t'eed table to tilt said holder. said tilting means having meehanism arranged to render the same inoperative and permit the ear to pass the feed tahle without tilting the ingot holder.

3. The eonihination with a track, and a plurality of ingot heatin furnaces and feed taller-i alongside said i :k. of a tiltinn i lt delivery ear {rat idle upon the tram: the heating illlit'flS and between feed t: liles, said ear ha iraueversely mark, an ino a ide of said ranged to render iii: same in at each feed tahle adapted to tilt the holder 7( when opposite the "feed table, and a switch mechanism arranged to move and thereby perm t the car to pass the feed table Without tilting the ingot holder.

6. The comhi 1.1 tion with a trark. an ingot "5 heating furnace and a feed table alongside said track, of a tilting, ingot delivery ear traveling upon the Lraeh between the heating furnace and l'eed table. said 0: 1 having a transversely tilting ingot holder arranged i to support theing'ots in lengthwise vertiral position and adapted to tilt sidm ise in t'ans't'erringj the lllgffllri to the l rd table arms rigidly set-sired on oppmite H ll's (i said ingot holder and having anlii'r vt rollers on the nds thereof. and ram surtaves on opposite sides of said trarl; a jacent to said feed tahle adapted to engage said antil'i irtion rollers and tilt the holder in t 'amsv lerring: ingots from the ingot deliver) var to the feed tahle.

T. The combination with a trarli'. an ingot heating furnaee and a feed tal le alongside said track, of a tilting ingot delivery car travelinr upon the t-l'iltli between the heatin; furnace and teed llllllt. said ear having a transversely tiltin; ingot holder arranged to support the ingots in lengthwise Vertical position and adapted to tilt.- sidewise in transt'errin; ingots from the delivery ear to the feed table. arms rigidly seeured on opposite sides of said ingot holder, uni surtaees on opposite sides of said track ad iaernt to said l'eed talile adapted to engage the end of said arm and therel;-y tilt ingot holder in transferring ing t the delivery ear to the fer-d ial e, Y i'. on said cam surfaces arranged to u the same inoperative and permit the ear to g ass the feed table without tilting, the ingot l holder.

H. The combination with a track. an ii'iL ot heating l'uruaee and a feed table alongside said trarkol a tilting ingot delivery ar traveling upon the lrarl: ing: t'urnare auil te d tahle. said var ha; a tnmsverselv tilting; ingot holder arrangnal to support the ingots in lengthwise vertical position aml adapted to tilt sidewise in transferring ingots t'rom thedelivery car to the feed tahle. arms rigidly secured on opposite sides of said ingot holder, cam surfaces alongside said t'aek adjacent to said teed table adapted to engage part of said arms and thereby tilt the ingot holder, cam surfaces alongside said track adjacent to said food table adapted to engage part, of said arms to control lilting the ingot holder and means on mini ea n s faces aroi ,rative and betw en he healll receiving station and an ingot delivery sta-' tion, of a tilting ingot delivery car traveling upon the track between said stations, said ear having a transversely tilting ingot holder arranged to support the'ingot's in lengthwise vertical position and adapted to tilt sidewise in transferring the ingots to the.delivery station, and means adjacent to said delivery station for tilting the ingot holder in transferring the ingots tothe deliverystation.

10. The combination With a track, an ingot receiving station at one side and end of said track, and an ingot delivery station at the other side and end of said track, of a tilting ingot delivery car traveling upon the track between said stations, said ear having a transversely tilting ingot holder arranged to support the ingots in lengthwise vertical position and adapted to tilt side-' wise in transferring the ingots to the delivery station, and means adjacent to said delivery station for tilting the ingot holder and controlling the tilting movement of said ingot holder in transferring the ingots to the delivery station.

In testimony whereofll have hereunto set my hand.

ALBERT SODERSTROM. Witnesses SYDNEY DILLON, ALBERT J. LIMBAGHER. 

